ive read up on this topic in this forum, but i want to confirm something...

i have a terrible smell of cat **** comming from my a/c. its enough to make you gag. yes i have cats. they like to sleep on my car.
I DONT get the smell with just the vent on. it doesnt matter if i have it in recirc or not. ive taken to driving around with a can of air freshener and spraying it INTO the vents inside the car, which only covers the smell. vanilla cat ****. yummy.

i cant imagine how the cat smell can be getting into the air conditioning system. its a closed system, isnt it?

ive read about pollen filters in this forum. under the hood? along the bottom of the windshield??? does my '02 Civic LX have such a filter?? if one of my cats took a leak in there, can it get into the car, with the A/C on ONLY, but not the vent??
what can i do?? its terrible!

 

your car gets its air from the vents right under the windsheild one of ur cats sprayed it causing the smell

 

http://www.micronair.us/assets/pdfs/83.pdf How to replace cabin air filter on a 7th Gen.

http://www.handa-accessories.com/civmaint01.html Its called a pollen filter, i think

 

It could be mouse pee that you're smelling. It's common for mice to move into the air ducts. That will be rather obvious when you take the filters out.

 

yay! thats it! i sprayed some clorox cleaner in the intake vents (just under the windshield) and it smells fresh and clean now!

now that i know that, im taking a piece of cardboard and covering those vents when i park the car at night.

thanx guys!!!

btw) mk378: ive got ALOT of cats. a mouse wouldnt stand a chance. but thanx anyway!

 

Do you need to be on an episode of Animal Hoarders?

 

not yet!

 

I wonder if you could train the cats to stay off your car at night. Motion sensor spray bottle?

I'm surprised that they are actually pissing on the car though. Seems like they always prefer to go on something soft like litter/grass/newspaper/dirt.